Heritage United Methodist Church, 401 N. Second St., will have free Advent lunch Monday, Nov.

DURANT –– Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced the schedule and speakers for the 15th Biennial Native American Symposium – “States of Sovereignty” – which will be held on the Durant campus on Friday, November 17. This event will be a hybrid event, with online options available as well as in-person attendance.

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HUGO –– The Electrical Lineman Training Program at Kiamichi Tech graduated its third class on Friday, Nov. 10.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Applications are open for Fund for Teachers fellowships, which give Oklahoma educators who teach pre-K through 12th grade the opportunity to pursue self-designed professional learning.

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November is National Family Caregivers Month. There are more than 11 million family caregivers in the U.S and nearly half of these caregivers provide help to someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Here in Oklahoma, there are 135,000 caregivers who provided 164 million hours of unpaid care valued at more than $2.6 billion.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist $2.9 million to investigate how glycans, a special type of sugar group, can perform many essential functions in the gut.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met Oct. 23 at the Burnside Community room. The room was decorated with beautiful fall colors and arrangements. The hostess was Joye Satterfield and cohostess was Kathy Jones. President Harolynn Wofford called the meeting to order, the group recited the Gardener’s Creed and Rick Lowrance led in prayer.

Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com In our country there are entire families who will suffer through a severe issue that eventually severs family relationships for many years. Eventually, someone might tentatively extend an olive branch, and another will cautiously reach out to accept it.